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Originally Posted by ThatSeventiesGuy
Ugh. Doggers and Ded Sux. Not as bad as Wankees/Shlubs would have been, but still bad. I guess I'll root for Boston. At least they don't have Miss Puiggy. I really don't ever want to see that punk get a ring.  |
Hah, Miss Puiggy. Funny.
Also funny is our different take on this Series. I am looking forward to it much more than in recent years (when the Yankees have not been in it). In addition to what I said above about that motivation, there is also Bean Town versus Tinsel Town.
Fun fact: Ok, maybe everybody knows that the Red Sox and the Dodgers have never met in the Fall Classic. It seemed strange to me for some reason. (Yeah, yeah, I remember the "
Curse of the Bambino" which explains a lot.)
However, the franchises did square off in 1916, when the Red Sox beat the Brooklyn Robins in five games. Babe Ruth was only 21 and still pitching in those days, hence he only got into one game (1-0 on the mound but 0 for 5 at the plate). On the other side of the diamond, though was a 25-year-old Casey Stengel who did well with the bat, .364, but had no runs batted in because his teammates had a hard time getting on base.
Heh, I cannot even imagine what a 25-year-old Casey Stengel looked like. I don't want to know! I prefer imagining Casey as he appeared when managing in his late sixties and early seventies, legging out a triple against Ruth.